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“MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court on Tuesday began hearing constitutional challenges to the nation’s world-first legislation banning children younger than 16 from popular social media platforms.”

“Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s faces its first major legal test in the High Court, almost one year after taking effect.”

“Australia's world-first ban on social media accounts for children under 16 is "ill thought out" and imposes a "profound restriction on political debate", a lawyer representing Reddit told the country's top court during the first legal challenge to the…”

“The Australia government was the first to ban social media for children under 16 in 2025, but eSafety Commission data shows 42 per cent of children aged 10 to 15 still have a social media account.”

“President Donald Trump announced on social media.”

“Such rubbish certainly still exists on social media, but not from public figures this time around – an important temporal distinction when citing degraded digital forums as evidence of cultural rot.”

“Employees at the parent group of Facebook and Instagram sought to discredit Jonathan Haidt, the social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation, a book that helped tip the debate about online safety towards more stringent measures such as the…”

“The Australia-style ban on under-16s accessing social media services including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube is due to come into force next spring.”

“Under the UK's social media ban - which is due to come into force in March next year - those under that age will be prevented from accessing ten of the biggest platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.”